KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 — Bursa Malaysia surpassed 1,660 level in early trade, with the benchmark index gaining 0.79 per cent, opening at a fresh 44-month high today, bolstered by continued buying in financial services counters.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 — Bursa Malaysia opened slightly higher today despite Wall Street's mixed overnight performance, as investors may be rotating out of technology stocks ahead of the United States’ interest rate cut next month.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 — Bursa Malaysia opened higher in line with the positive Wall Street performance after US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell indicated a shift in rates policy going forward, said an analyst.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia opened higher on the first trading day of the week, supported by encouraging economic data from both Malaysia and the United States (US).

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Bursa Malaysia opened higher, supported by buying interest across the board amid Wall Street’s overnight gains, said analysts.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 — Bursa Malaysia opened higher today supported by bargain-hunting activities led by utility counters, analysts said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — Bursa Malaysia’s barometer index opened higher for the second consecutive day, driven by Wall Street’s recovery following broad-based buying after a major stock rout, according to a dealer.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — The construction, technology and property stocks lifted Bursa Malaysia’s key index to turn higher at mid-morning, in tandem with the mostly higher regional market indices, despite the downbeat performance on Wall Street overnight.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Bursa Malaysia started this week on a positive note on bargain hunting following a consolidation mode in the last couple of sessions, an analyst said.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 11 — Apple unveiled a long-awaited AI strategy yesterday, integrating its new 'Apple Intelligence' technology across its suite of apps including Siri and bringing OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT to its devices.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 — Bursa Malaysia opened higher today, driven by positive China's export data estimation set to be released today, said an analyst.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Bursa Malaysia opened higher today on emerging bargain hunting in heavyweight stocks after the local bourse ended below the crucial 1,600 level last Friday, said an analyst.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Bursa Malaysia opened higher today tracking last week’s upbeat Wall Street performance, said an analyst.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Bursa Malaysia continued its uptrend in early trading today despite the mixed Wall Street performance, taking the cue from the positive economic growth in Malaysia, a dealer said.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — Bursa Malaysia started the morning trading in positive territory, attributed to broad-based buying in response to the regional recovery, while investors were observed to be focusing on counters with high cash reserves.

SYDNEY, March 11 — Asian share markets followed Wall Street lower on Monday while the dollar looked vulnerable ahead of a reading on US inflation that could hasten, or delay, the start of global rate cuts.

BEIJING, March 5 — Apple's iPhone sales in China fell 24 per cent year-on-year in the first six weeks of 2024, according to research firm Counterpoint, as the United States (US) company faced increased competition from domestic rivals like Huawei.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Bursa Malaysia opened lower today following Wall Street’s negative performance overnight as traders expect a higher United States non-farm payrolls data for June, which will increase the possibility of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) hiking rates.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 — Bursa Malaysia opened higher Friday on better sentiment, sparked by the Wall Street rally overnight following a joint rescue of First Republic Bank by several big US banks, an analyst said.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 — Bursa Malaysia opened lower on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street's choppy session as the United States (US) banking sector came under scrutiny following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, said an analyst.